VMware View 5.1 Announced

VMware recently announced that VMware View 5.1 will be released in Q2 2012. Below is a summary listing of the new features and benefits. VMware View Storage Accelerator will act as a read cache for common blocks of Virtual Machine Disk Files (VMDK). This will benefit performance by reducing the read IOPS on the underlying storage array. Those with mega cache storage arrays such as Datacore may not see a significant performance improvement since the storage array currently provides this function. However, it will reduce the amount of IO requests into the front end of the storage array. Persona Management extending to physical desktops will be a great addition for two use cases. Workers who split their time between physical and virtual desktops will now have the same data and settings on both. It will also help with migrations from physical to virtual desktops. vCenter Operations is a good product for server virtualization. Now VMware has focused a version on desktop virtualization for capacity and performance management. The new VMware View 5.1 clients that adapt to user bandwidth and latency will continue to provide the best end user remote desktop experience.

• RADIUS Support – Support in VMware View 5.1 for RADIUS will enable greater choice for organizations looking to deploy two-factor authentication, while maintaining compatibility with existing choices.

• New VMware View Clients – Users will be able to connect to their VMware View desktop from a variety of mobile and fixed endpoints with updated clients for Mac, Windows and Linux desktops, thin or zero clients and Apple iPad, Android and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets. VMware View 5.1 with PCoIP® adapts to the end users’ network connection to provide a high-quality, customized desktop experience over the LAN or WAN.

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